Management Strategies for Hypertensive Nephropathy in CKD Patients
Overview As a clinical pharmacist, effective BP management in CKD is essential to slow …
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
Therapeutic actions ACE inhibitors block ACE in the lungs from converting angiotensin 1…
How to DOSE medications for systolic heart failure
As a cardiovascular pharmacist, you will be asked more how to dose medications for systol…
How to treat MILD hypertension
As a cardiovascular pharmacist, you will hear debate about when to start drugs in patient…
Expect a serum creatinine bump when starting an ACEI or ARB in kidney disease
How to safely use ACEIs or ARBs in patients with chronic kidney disease, this is an impor…
Risk of acute kidney injury when adding NSAID to diuretic plus ACEI or ARB
As a clinical pharmacist, you'll hear more about the risk of acute kidney injury when…
Managing diastolic or preserved ejection fraction heart failure (HFpEF)
How to treat "DIASTOLIC" heart failure or heart failure with a PRESERVED ejecti…
Using of potassium binders when ACEIs or ARBs cause hyperkalemia
New Rx Lokelma will pique interest in the role of potassium binders to treat CHRONIC high…
Overview of HEART FAILURE treatment
Overview ã…¡ Heart failure typically classified by New York Heart Association (NYHA) I-IV f…
Be ready to manage patients with very high blood pressure
What should you do when patients report a very high blood pressure (BP) reading on a home…
Nicorandil, serious side effects (ulceration)
Angina is chest pain originating from reduced blood flow to the heart muscle, often due t…
How to safely use ACEIs or ARBs in patients with chronic kidney disease
ACEIs or ARBs can slow the progression of kidney disease. But initially they can bump up …
ACE inhibitors or an ARB for hypertension or diabetic kidney disease
A shift in thinking about the cardiovascular (CV) benefits of angiotensin receptor blocke…
Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs)
Therapeutic actions ARBs selectively block the binding of angiotensin II to specific t…
How to restart ACEI or ARB in patients after acute kidney injury (AKI)?!
A common scenario that leads to kidney injury is when patients on an ACEI or ARB start an…